Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said that RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson will employ all resources necessary to conduct a thorough investigation.

“Commissioner Paulson is making absolutely sure that the La Loche detachment has everything they need to conduct a proper investigation and deal with this situation,” Goodale told CTV Regina.

Goodale added that Health Minister Jane Philpott is ensuring that health support services are provided to the isolated community.

“We’ll need to make sure they have everything they need in terms of initial supports,” Goodale said.

The Northern Lights School Division said it is working with provincial agencies to bring crisis response teams to La Loche.

“Our hearts are broken for each of the victims and their families and for all the students and staff at the La Loche Community School,” director of education Ken Ladouceur said in a statement on Facebook.

The community’s NDP MP and former mayor, Georgina Jolibois, said she was “shaken up” by the incident. She said her own family members were inside the school during the shooting and later confirmed that they were unharmed.

The region’s MLA described the school as a “beacon of opportunity and hope” for the area.

“I know from working with them that the school and the staff and the kids were just fantastic. This is just devastating,” Buckley Belanger, MLA for Athabasca, told CTV News Channel.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacts to the shooting in the community school in La Loche, a northern community in Saskatchewan, as he attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

A man walks in front of Dene High School in La Loche, Saskatchewan on Jan 22, 2016. (Facebook / Joshua Mercredi)

La Loche is a remote northern Saskatchewan community near the Alberta border. (Google Maps)